Financial profile · FY2026

Franchise-led game sales support lumpy earnings and development spending

Revenue depends on the performance and release timing of owned game franchises, making annual growth uneven. Game development requires substantial cash investment, while capitalization and amortization affect reported operating results; operating cash generation has nevertheless remained positive across profitable and loss-making years.

What is developing

The latest results showed renewed revenue growth and higher reported profit and free cash flow, but operating profit included substantial expenditure-credit income and a one-off transitional credit. This is a marked recovery within the same franchise-led, development-intensive model rather than clear evidence that its underlying earnings pattern has changed.

What matters next

Whether operating cash flow continues to cover development spending as expenditure-credit receivables convert and the one-off transitional credit passes.

GBP
Metric FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026
12.6m 24.1m 35.3m 45.8m 42.4m 38.7m 28.3m 29.5m 42.5m 44m
12.6m 24.1m 35.3m 45.8m 42.4m 38.7m 28.3m 29.5m 42.5m 44m
3.5m 5.1m 3.3m 12.5m 16.8m 28.6m 20.8m 19m 12.9m 26.9m
2.9m 4.1m 2.9m 9.7m 10.1m 20.3m 10.7m 10.1m 5.8m 11.5m
510k 978k 372k 2.7m 6.7m 8.2m 10.1m 8.9m 7.2m 15.3m
— 2.1m 2m 2.2m 3.4m 4m 4.2m 1.8m 4.3m —
16m 31.4m 40.7m 60.4m 62.6m 71.3m 53.3m 50.3m 59.7m 70.8m
696k 5m 6.4m 28.7m 27.2m 26.1m 23.6m 24.4m 21.4m 19.4m
— 5m 6.4m 28.7m 27.2m 26.1m 23.6m 24.4m 21.4m —
— (1.1m) (2m) (4.7m) (7.5m) (11.1m) (15.2m) (18.9m) (22.1m) —
22.9m 30.2m 36.5m 52.7m 71.3m 70.8m 57m 35.7m 42m 49.5m
— — — — — — 7.2m 7m 6.5m 6.5m
— — — — — — — — 1.1m 828k
0 0 3.2m 2.1m 384k 1.3m 0 — — —
— — — — — — 7.2m 7m 6.5m 6.5m
39.6m 66.5m 86.6m 143.9m 161.5m 169.6m 141m 117.4m 130.7m 147.1m
4.9m 1.5m 3.1m 2.6m 2.6m 3.8m 4.4m 13.6m 14.8m 13.4m
— 5m 5.9m 11m 12.1m 17.8m 10.6m 8.6m 6.1m —
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
— — 0 1.3m 1.4m 1.5m 1.5m 1.7m 1.8m 1.9m
1.5m 4m 2m 1.4m 2.2m 2.7m 5.9m 4.4m 2.7m 4.9m
459k 3.6m 1m 1.4m 2.2m 2.5m 4.4m 4.4m 2.4m 4.9m
6.4m 10.6m 11m 16.4m 18.4m 25.7m 22.4m 17.2m 15m 20.2m
0 0 0 22.2m 20.7m 19.3m 17.8m 19.5m 17.6m 15.7m
— — 0 — — — 419k 390k 990k 1.4m
1.9m 690k 1.4m 8.5m 9.3m 6.2m 4.5m 3.4m 1.9m 2.6m
8.3m 11.2m 12.4m 47.1m 48.4m 51.2m 45m 40.6m 35.5m 40m
171k 193k 194k 195k 197k 197k 197k 197k 197k 197k
15.6m 20.2m 42.7m 62.9m 86.2m 94.5m 74.4m 54.2m 72.8m 102.3m
14.6m 34.1m 34.4m 34.6m 36.1m 36.5m 36.5m 36.5m 36.5m 36.5m
— — — — — — — — — (15.5m)
968k 768k (3.1m) (947k) (9.4m) (12.8m) (15.1m) (14.2m) (14.4m) (16.5m)
31.3m 55.3m 74.2m 96.7m 113.2m 118.4m 96m 76.8m 95.2m 107m
39.6m 66.5m 86.6m 143.9m 161.5m 169.6m 141m 117.4m 130.7m 147.1m
34.2m 38.6m 38.7m 38.9m 39.3m 39.4m 39.5m 39.5m 39.5m 35.5m